Business

Epson upgrade for Mad Chair
Mad Chair bought an Epson SureColour SC-F6300 digital fabric printer to take advantage of the newer model’s efficiency, as it gets ready to step up business.

Reach updates, appoints new CFO
Reach has detailed the newspaper sales boost – and advertising reduction – following the death of the Queen.

Cascade Group in liquidation
Cascade Group has gone into liquidation and looks to have closed.

Four-day week to be debated; automation could help manufacturing adapt
A bill in UK parliament looking to reduce working hours and give workers the chance to try a four-day week will be debated next Tuesday (18 October).

Print insolvencies on the rise
Printing industry insolvencies were at the highest level in almost a decade in the first half of the year.

DS Smith performing ahead of expectations
DS Smith’s overall performance for the current full financial year is expected to be ahead of its previous expectations.

Propack secures four-year contract with children’s charity
Propack has won a “five-figure” tender to provide four years of outsourced sponsorship activity for children's charity Plan International UK (PIUK).

Streamline, Baxters and Spectrum close their doors
The three operating Leicestershire print businesses of SBS Print Group have fallen into administration and have ceased trading with the immediate loss of 55 jobs.

Intergraf warns on energy impact for print SMEs
Intergraf has warned that SME printing businesses are “bearing the brunt” of the ongoing energy price crisis.

Cullen to invest £15m and create 120 new jobs
Cullen Eco-Friendly Packaging is investing £15m in a new innovation and design hub as well as an additional factory at its site to meet increasing global demand for its moulded fibre and corrugated...